Kenosha AMC Homecoming 2025
July 22-27
WRJN is your official information destination for the Kenosha AMC Homecoming!
After three long years – it’s back! A weeklong celebration of Kenosha’s iconic automotive legacy!
To get it all rolling…Don Rosen will be speaking with Chris Allen, Executive Director of the Kenosha History Center, Tuesday the 22nd at 7am.
Then at 4PM, the opening Cruise-In is happening at the Danish Brotherhood Lodge on Sheridan Road.
Then, all week long—get your fill of classic car excitement:
Tuesday 7/22
12PM – 2PM: Daytime Car Cruise-in at Danny’s Café, 6514 Green Bay Road
4PM – 8PM: Evening Car Cruise-in at Danish Brotherhood, 1300 Sheridan Road
Wednesday 7/23
11AM – 4PM: Open House at Alfano Performance AMC Speed Shop, 3401 Roosevelt Road
10AM – 3PM: Seminars at Don’s Auto Parts & Machine Shop, 6814 39th Avenue
5PM: Racing at Great Lakes Dragaway, 18411 1st Street. Fee for spectators and race cars. It’s ladies night at the track (free for women to spectate and race).
4PM – 8PM: Evening Car Cruise-in at Brat Stop, 12304 75th Street
Thursday 7/24
10 AM – 2 PM: Daytime Car Cruise-in at Lake Andrea Beer Garden, 10023 Park Drive, Pleasant Prairie
4PM – 8PM: Evening Car Cruise-in at AMC Factory Site, off of 22nd Avenue and 30th Avenue. For the first time ever, the Homecoming Car Show Thursday Night Cruise-in will be held on the site where it all started. All Kenosha-made automobiles are invited to attend an evening cruise-in on the Nash/AMC/Chrysler Factory Site (now the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood). Bring your car back to where it was manufactured; it is sure to be a nostalgic evening. The event will be part of the City of Kenosha’s 175th Anniversary Celebration. All Kenosha-made vehicles will enter from 56th Street. Spectator parking will be in the parking lots west of 30th Avenue (Wood Road) between 53rd Street and 60th Street.
Friday 7/25
8AM – 4PM: Homecoming Car Show Swap Meet at Kennedy Park, 4051 5th Avenue. Fee for vendors.
10AM – Noon: Gremlin Event at Jeffery Elementary School, 4011 87th Street
4PM: Homecoming Car Show Parade starts at Southport Park, 7501 2nd Avenue. Staging starts around 3PM. The parade route:
Staging at Southport Beach House parking lot
Depart Southport Park @ 4 PM
Travel west on 78th St
Right on 7th Ave, continue through downtown Kenosha
Continue on 6th Ave
Right into Pennoyer Park, continue through Kennedy Park, continue through Simmons Island Park
End at Kenosha History Center (Block Party to follow)
4PM – 8PM: Kenosha Homecoming Block Party at Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place. The road will be closed to all other traffic. Vehicles coming to the 2025 Kenosha Homecoming Car Show at Kennedy Park on July 26 can register their car at the museum that evening and save time and hassle the next morning. Registration packets can also be picked up for anyone who pre-registered. The museum and gift shop will be open until 7PM and stocked full of AMC/Nash T-shirts and other keepsakes. Food trucks will be on-site.
Saturday 7/26
8AM – 4PM: 2025 Kenosha Homecoming Car Show & Swap Meet at Kennedy Park, 4051 5th Avenue. Fee for show cars and vendors.
Sunday 7/27
9AM: Racing at Great Lakes Dragaway, 18411 1st Street. Fee for spectators and race cars.
- Stay tuned to WRJN for a daily listing of can’t-miss events!
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